Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 22, 2016
Exempt attorneys from the Talent Agencies Act
Do attorneys have the same risks of violating the act as producers, personal managers and other representatives who work with artists but for one reason or another have not obtained a talent agency license?
Rick Siegel
Rick is a former personal manager who is often engaged as an expert witness on the history, construction and application of the Talent Agencies Act.
In the first law review article published after the 1978 enactment of the Talent Agencies Act, attorney Neville Johnson wrote, "Two questions that remain unresolved after passage of the TAA are when, if ever, 'procurement activity' is permissible by an unlicensed 'talent agent,' and what quantum of activity constitutes 'procurement activity.'" Johnson, "The Personal Manager in the California Entertainment Industry," 52. S. Cal. L. Rev. 375 (1979).
Almost two-score later, those same q...
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